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orlop
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun orlop has 1 sense
- orlop(n = noun.artifact) fourth deck, orlop deck - the fourth or lowest deck; Array is a kind of deck
CIDE DICTIONARY
orlop, n. [D. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running over or overflowing, fr. overloopen to run over. See Over, and Leap, and cf. Overloop.].
The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
orlop, n. the lowest deck of a ship with three or more decks.
Etymology
ME f. MDu. overloop covering f. overloopen run over (as OVER-, LEAP)
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